Pause for Thought – 16 December 2020

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Luke 23:32-38 When the European missionaries came to Alberta, Canada, they were savagely opposed by many of the indigenous peoples. Among them was a young chief of the Cree named Maskepetoon. Eventually he responded to the missionary’s work, and became a Christian. Shortly afterwards, a member of the Blackfoot tribe killed his father. Maskepetoon rode…

Genesis 15:1-11 Psalm 27 Philippians 3:17-4:1 Luke 13:31-35 “Oh dear, oh dear,” whispered Mrs Bonner loudly, “a very interesting sermon, but what a lot of talk about sin. I suppose it’s only to be expected at the beginning of Lent, but it’s all so miserable, don’t you think?”, so wrote Barbara Pym in Excellent Women….

Luke 7:1-10 We were only eleven when the slave traders abducted us. Came and snatched us as we were playing in the fields, back home in Ethiopia. My twin brother and me, like two peas in a pod we were; even our parents sometimes got us muddled up. The slave traders were delighted with us;…

Mark 16:1-8 1 Corinthians 15:51-55 There are no Easter bonnets or bunnies in Mark’s story. How strange, and thin it is compared to the other three gospel accounts. There’s the empty tomb, the young man’s message that Jesus is risen, the command to tell the disciples that he’s gone ahead to Galilee, and the promise…